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Is eff.org legit or a scam?
eff.org was registered Oct 10, 1990 (36 years old), per public registration records. AboutUs doesn't label sites "legit" or "a scam": this page lists the dated registration, DNS, HTTPS, mail-authentication and safety checks we could verify, each with its source, so you can decide for yourself.
Who owns eff.org?
Nobody has completed AboutUs's owner verification for eff.org. That's true of most sites here — it isn't itself a warning sign.
When was eff.org registered?
eff.org's registration dates to Oct 10, 1990 (36 years old), per public registration records. Gandi SAS is the registrar on record today.
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3 of 4 safety checks passed (Oct 11, 2026).
Registered 1990 · site is live · HTTPS valid
Electronic Frontier Foundation | Defending your rights in the digital world
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a nonprofit organization that defends digital privacy, free speech, and innovation through legal advocacy, policy work, and public education. It serves technology users and civil liberties advocates concerned with government surveillance, corporate data practices, and digital rights. EFF publishes research, operates legal cases, and provides tools like Privacy Badger and Certbot to help people protect their online privacy.
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Current facts
Latest available measurements; dated entries retain their dates. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
latest result
Electronic Frontier Foundation — company name on record since 2006; still matches the live site.
latest result
Domain registered Oct 10, 1990 — 36 years old.
latest result
Registrar on record: Gandi SAS — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Jul 23, 2026).
Authority 85/100— ahead of 85% of the August 2026 scored sampleClear
Why this authority score
85 is a percentile: higher than 85% of sites we score.
How it's calculated
Prominence (Tranco rank #1,683)+9
Verified continuity: 36.0 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+4
Calibration adjustment (published map)+19
Model score: 43/99 — what these reason lines add up to.
Published Authority (percentile): 85/100 — this site's rank against the August 2026 scored sample. Public Authority is capped at 99.
Safety evidence
No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 11 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 11 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2013 record.
1990
Domain registered (Oct 10, 1990).
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 20, 2006); profile edited 30 times through 2013.
2013
Self-description at the time:
“EFF.org advocates for individual privacy and freedom on the Internet”